1. Ronaldo joins Saudi club Al Nassr with record $214 million contract
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After leaving the Manchester United club on 30 December 2022, Portugal team captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Important facts
Ronaldo left Old Trafford after a television interview last month. He said that he has been cheated by the club.
Al Nassr issued a statement saying that the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will be under contract until 2025.
Although he did not reveal any financial details, Ronaldo's contract is estimated by the media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($214.04 million), the highest salary in football history.
Ronaldo will move to Saudi Arabia after a stellar spell at Spanish club Real Madrid from 2009 to 2018, winning two La Liga titles, two Spanish Cups, four Champions League titles and three Club World Cups.
Ronaldo's inclusion will provide a boost to the Saudi Arabian club, which is looking to add to its nine Saudi Pro League titles.
About Al Nassr
Al-Nassr is a club from Saudi Arabia that competes in the Saudi Pro League. It is one of the most successful teams in the country. It was formed in 1955.
Al-Nasr, nicknamed Al-Alami or Faris Najd, is located in the capital city of Riyadh. It is formally managed by Rudi Garcia of Roma, Marseille and Lyon.
Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar joined in 2021 and is a key player for the team.
Brazilian defensive midfielder Luiz Gustavo and former Arsenal shot-stopper David Ospina signed for the club in 2022.
2. Hockey Haryana Women’s U-18 team wins Khelo India Youth Games 2022
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Hockey Haryana's women's team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers title after defeating Madhya Pradesh 2-0 in the final at Bhubaneswar on December 30.
Important facts
In the final match, Pooja and Gurmail Kaur scored a goal each for Haryana to turn the match in their favour.
Odisha stepped up to claim third place after beating Jharkhand by 2-1 in the 3rd and 4th place encounter.
Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand have qualified for the Khelo India Youth Games (Women) to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year.
Awards List
Best Goalkeeper: Kavita (Haryana)
Best Defender: Yogita Verma (Madhya Pradesh)
Best Midfielder: Manisha (Haryana)
Best Striker: Bhumshika Sahu (Madhya Pradesh)
3. Hockey Haryana Women’s U-18 team wins Khelo India Youth Games 2022
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Hockey Haryana's women's team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers title after defeating Madhya Pradesh 2-0 in the final at Bhubaneswar on December 30.
Important facts
In the final match, Pooja and Gurmail Kaur scored a goal each for Haryana to turn the match in their favour.
Odisha stepped up to claim third place after beating Jharkhand by 2-1 in the 3rd and 4th place encounter.
Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand have qualified for the Khelo India Youth Games (Women) to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year.
Awards List
Best Goalkeeper: Kavita (Haryana)
Best Defender: Yogita Verma (Madhya Pradesh)
Best Midfielder: Manisha (Haryana)
Best Striker: Bhumshika Sahu (Madhya Pradesh)
4. Hockey Madhya Pradesh clinches Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men's U-18 title
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In hockey, Madhya Pradesh clinched the title by defeating Odisha 6-5 in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men's Under-18 qualifier title in Bhubaneswar on 30 December.
Important facts
In a thrilling final, Jamir Mohammad was the star of the final, scoring a hat-trick, while Ali Ahmed, Mohammad Zaid Khan and captain Ankit Pal scored one goal each for Madhya Pradesh.
On the other hand, Anmol Ekka, Paulus Lakra, Deepak Minz and Akash Soreng scored one goal each for Odisha.
Haryana defeated Jharkhand 2-0 to secure the third position in the competition. Amandeep and Roshan scored the goals for Haryana.
With this, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana and Jharkhand have qualified for the Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year.
Award List
Best Goalkeeper : Ravi (Haryana)
Best Defender : Sundaram Rajawat (Madhya Pradesh)
Best Midfielder : Prem Dayal Giri (Odisha)
Best Striker : Ali Ahmad (Madhya Pradesh)
5. Hockey Madhya Pradesh clinches Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men's U-18 title
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In hockey, Madhya Pradesh clinched the title by defeating Odisha 6-5 in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Men's Under-18 qualifier title in Bhubaneswar on 30 December.
Important facts
In a thrilling final, Jamir Mohammad was the star of the final, scoring a hat-trick, while Ali Ahmed, Mohammad Zaid Khan and captain Ankit Pal scored one goal each for Madhya Pradesh.
On the other hand, Anmol Ekka, Paulus Lakra, Deepak Minz and Akash Soreng scored one goal each for Odisha.
Haryana defeated Jharkhand 2-0 to secure the third position in the competition. Amandeep and Roshan scored the goals for Haryana.
With this, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana and Jharkhand have qualified for the Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year.
Award List
Best Goalkeeper : Ravi (Haryana)
Best Defender : Sundaram Rajawat (Madhya Pradesh)
Best Midfielder : Prem Dayal Giri (Odisha)
Best Striker : Ali Ahmad (Madhya Pradesh)
6. Koneru Humpy win’s Silver at the World Chess Blitz championship
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Former Indian World Rapid Chess champion Koneru Humpy won the silver medal in the women's section of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship that concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 30 December 2022.
She finished on 12.5 points, just half a point behind the winner Bibisara Balabayeva of Kazakhstan. Koneru Humpy has won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2019.
World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2022
The International Chess governing body FIDE organises World Rapid and Blitz chess championship at the end of the year. This year it was held in Kazakhstan's capital Almaty from 26-30 December 2022.
World Rapid Chess Championship
It was held on 26 and 28 December at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
In the Rapid section the Men’s title was won by No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway. It was the 4th time that Carlsen has won the Rapid title.
The women's title was won by the Chinese Grand Master Tan Zhongyi.
Savitha Shri of India won the Bronze medal in the world Rapid section.
World Blitz Chess Championship
It was held on 29 and 30 December at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The men’s section was won by Magnus Carlsen. He became the first player in chess history to hold the Classical chess world championship, Rapid world championship and the Blitz world Championship at the same time.
Women's Section
The women's section was won by Bibisara Balabayeva of Kazakhstan.
Koneru Humpy came second and won the Silver medal.
Indian medal winners in the Rapid and Blitz event
Only three Indian’s Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy and Savitha Shri have won medals at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz chess championship.
Viswanathan Anand won the Gold medal in World Rapid and Bronze medal in World Blitz Championship 2017.
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or French acronym FIDE Fédération Internationale des Échecs) is an international organization that was set up on 20 July 1924 in Paris, France.
It is the international body which governs world chess championships.
President of FIDE: Arkady Dvorkovich,
Headquarters of FIDE: Lausanne, Switzerland
7. Surya Kumar Yadav and Smriti Mandhana included in the ICC T 20 cricketer of the year award nominee list
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the list of nominated players for its various categories of year end awards.
2022 ICC Women’s T 20 cricketer of the year nominee
Indian opening batter Smriti Mandhana, Pakistan’s all-rounder Nida Dar, New Zealand’s all-rounder Sophie Devine and Australian all-rounder Tahlia McGrath have been nominated for the ICC Women’s T 20 cricketer of the year 2022.
2022 ICC men’s T 20 cricketer of the year
Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe, Sam Curran of England and Pakistan’s wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan have been nominated for the ICC men’s T 20 cricketer of the year 2022.
2022 ICC women’s ODI cricketer of the year nominee
South African bowler Shabnim Ismail, New Zealand All-rounder Amelia Kerr, England’s all-rounder Nat Sciver and Australia’s Wicketkeeper batter Alyssa Healy have been nominated for the ICC women’s ODI cricketer of the year 2022.
2022 ICC Men’s ODI cricketer of the year Nominee
Pakistan’s Captain Babar Azam, Australian spinner Adam Zampha, Zimbabwe’s batter Sikandar Raza and West Indian batsmen Shai Hope have been nominated for the ICC Men's ODI cricketer of the year 2022.
Earlier Arshdeep Singh, Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh were included in the 2022 ICC emerging player of the year award nominee list.
International Cricket Council (ICC)
It is an international body which governs the men’s and women’s international cricket.
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay of New Zealand
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICC: Geoff Allardice of Australia
8. Arshdeep Singh, Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh of India nominated for the ICC emerging cricketer of the year 2022 men's and women's category respectively
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Indian Arshdeep Singh has been included in the men’s and Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh in the women’s section of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) emerging player of the year 2022 award nominee list.
The nominee list was announced by the ICC on 28 December 2022.
ICC emerging Men’s player of the year award 2022 nominee
The ICC emerging Men’s player of the year award 2022 nominee includes Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh of India, South African fast bowler Marco Jansen, Afghanistan’s batsman Ibrahim Zardan and New Zealand’s batsman Finn Allen.
Arshdeep Singh who plays for Punjab Kings team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) made his international debut for India in the T-20s and One Day International (ODI) in 2022. The fast-bowler played 21 T20Is for India, taking 33 wickets at an economy of 8.17.
ICC women’s player of the year award 2022 nominee
Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh and Batter Yastika Bhatia, England batter Alice Capsy and Australian bowler Darcie Brown have been included by the ICC in its emerging women player of the year award 2022.
Last year Janneman Malan of South Africa and Sanna Mir of Pakistan were declared the ICC men’s and women’s player of the year award 2021 respectively.
International Cricket Council (ICC)
It is an international body which governs the men’s and women’s international cricket.
It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 and was later converted into the International Cricket Conference in 1965.
In 1987 it was renamed as the International Cricket Council.
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay of New Zealand
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICC: Geoff Allardice of Australia
9. Government recognises e-sports as part of multisports events
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The Government of India has officially recognised ‘E-Sports’ (Electronic Sports) as a part of Multi-sports events on 27th December.
Important facts
E-sports will be handled by the Department of Sports under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
This decision was taken by President Draupadi Murmu, using the powers given in provision 3 of Article 77 of the Constitution, after changing the rules related to e-sports.
It is noteworthy that since the inclusion of e-sports as a demonstration sport in the Jakarta Asian Games 2018, there has been a demand to make it a part of the multi-sport event.
The International Olympic Committee is also promoting e-sports and in this exercise, the first Olympic e-sports week will also be celebrated in Singapore in June 2023.
Next year's Asian Games in China will see the debut of e-sports.
The Indian Esports Industry has been fighting for E-sports not to be clubbed under the umbrella term “Gaming”.
What is E-sports?
e-sports or “electronic sports,” transforms online gaming into a spectator sport.
The experience is similar to watching a professional sporting event, with spectators watching video gamers compete against each other in a virtual environment.
The e-sports Industry has maintained that e-sports is a competitive sport where e-sports athletes use their physical and mental abilities to compete in certain genres of video games in a virtual, electronic environment.
10. Government recognises e-sports as part of multisports events
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The Government of India has officially recognised ‘E-Sports’ (Electronic Sports) as a part of Multi-sports events on 27th December.
Important facts
E-sports will be handled by the Department of Sports under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
This decision was taken by President Draupadi Murmu, using the powers given in provision 3 of Article 77 of the Constitution, after changing the rules related to e-sports.
It is noteworthy that since the inclusion of e-sports as a demonstration sport in the Jakarta Asian Games 2018, there has been a demand to make it a part of the multi-sport event.
The International Olympic Committee is also promoting e-sports and in this exercise, the first Olympic e-sports week will also be celebrated in Singapore in June 2023.
Next year's Asian Games in China will see the debut of e-sports.
The Indian Esports Industry has been fighting for E-sports not to be clubbed under the umbrella term “Gaming”.
What is E-sports?
e-sports or “electronic sports,” transforms online gaming into a spectator sport.
The experience is similar to watching a professional sporting event, with spectators watching video gamers compete against each other in a virtual environment.
The e-sports Industry has maintained that e-sports is a competitive sport where e-sports athletes use their physical and mental abilities to compete in certain genres of video games in a virtual, electronic environment.
